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"SD Gundam gets constantly derided by fans for being "kiddy" and "silly" compared to the more serious mainline works, and as such is looked down upon for "trying to dumb down" the franchise as whole. The main culprit for this perception? SD Gundam Force, which received immediate backlash due to Toonami deciding to air it around the same time they aired more typical Gundam shows (Gundam Wing, G Gundam, the original series, SEED, etc) which had stark contrasting tones and Gundams that "look too cutesy". This later leaked onto perception towards the sub-franchise as a whole, with fans declaring it a blemish. The two works that got hit the hardest with this are the two Anime series that came after Force (Brave Battle Warriors and Sangoku Soketsuden), with people once again judging the Gundam designs again, and writing both off as childish drivel. The thing is, while the claims about some SD Gundam works being more silly and childish aren't EXACTLY inaccurate, a good number of them still contain a good number of serious moments to them that you would expect from a Gundam work, they just don't go as hard as the main Gundam works do on the darker and more depressing aspects of their stories, and also contain more lighthearted and comedic moments to balance things out. And the claims that Force is just "a silly kids show'' aren't even entirely accurate, as it only acts like that for the first couple of episodes before it gets more serious about its world and characters (Though granted, there are still some silly moments here and there)."

Concerns I have include repetitive writing in some areas, not explaining the whole situation properly, and some Natter that sounds like ranting about the Gundam fandom's treatment of SD Gundam rather than anything relevant.

That does sound rather long, and loses the plot towards the end....here's a quick hack-up to resolve some of the more outstanding things:

"SD Gundam gets constantly derided by fans for being "kiddy" shows with "too cutesy" Gundams, when compared to the more serious mainline works. As such, it is looked down upon for "trying to dumb down" the franchise as whole. The main culprit for this perception? SD Gundam Force, which received immediate backlash in stark contrast to more typical Gundam shows airing at the same time. This later became the entire subfranchise being perceived as a blemish, with the two hardest hit works the two anime series that came after Force (Brave Battle Warriors and Sangoku Soketsuden). People once again judged the Gundam designs again, and wrote both off as childish drivel. While the claims of silliness aren't EXACTLY inaccurate, they still contains the serious moments that you would expect from a Gundam work, just not as hard as the main Gundam works.

This also seems like it's more complaining about fans, then describing how SD Gundam is coloring the perception of Gundam as a whole.

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